Deaf Education 3
Deaf Education
Jamie Leppala
Position Essay
Nancy Levant
English 132
8 December 2014
Deaf education has been topic of controversy ever since it inclusion into public school and higher education. Mainstreaming of the deaf and hard of hearing in regular school classrooms did not become an issue in the U.S until the early 1970’s. Prior to 1970, there were no schools that had programs for deaf and hard of hearing children. “The government thought that it was not their responsibility to educate the deaf and hard of hearing. In the 1950’s some school offered programs for deaf and hard of hearing students, but many teachers and principals agreed to keep special classes out of regular classrooms” (Gordon, par. 6). The Civil Right Movement in the early 1970’s open a door for the deaf and hard of hearing to receive free and public education, and equal opportunity to participate in a full range of school activities. In 1997, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was helping people with deaf and hard of hearing people to get an education. The IDEA helped bring in the Individualized Education Program (IEP). Many hearing impaired students were mainstreamed, but they struggled to have social lives or a good education in. Mainstreaming for hearing impaired into a regular school is important in the elementary grades. Bruce Roseman said “Mainstreaming is an educational method that says a classroom should include many different kinds of learners” (par.1). Many schools are attempting to get rid of mainstreaming because starting at a young age can destroy a person with hearing impairment to have a good education. Therefore, hearing impaired students should be mainstreamed early in age in public school system to start at the same time as others so the differences would not be so difficult in earlier school years.
Mainstreaming hearing impaired students earlier would help to avoid prejudice from traditional students and teachers. For example, a
Jamie Leppala
Position Essay
Nancy Levant
English 132
8 December 2014
Deaf education has been topic of controversy ever since it inclusion into public school and higher education. Mainstreaming of the deaf and hard of hearing in regular school classrooms did not become an issue in the U.S until the early 1970’s. Prior to 1970, there were no schools that had programs for deaf and hard of hearing children. “The government thought that it was not their responsibility to educate the deaf and hard of hearing. In the 1950’s some school offered programs for deaf and hard of hearing students, but many teachers and principals agreed to keep special classes out of regular classrooms” (Gordon, par. 6). The Civil Right Movement in the early 1970’s open a door for the deaf and hard of hearing to receive free and public education, and equal opportunity to participate in a full range of school activities. In 1997, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was helping people with deaf and hard of hearing people to get an education. The IDEA helped bring in the Individualized Education Program (IEP). Many hearing impaired students were mainstreamed, but they struggled to have social lives or a good education in. Mainstreaming for hearing impaired into a regular school is important in the elementary grades. Bruce Roseman said “Mainstreaming is an educational method that says a classroom should include many different kinds of learners” (par.1). Many schools are attempting to get rid of mainstreaming because starting at a young age can destroy a person with hearing impairment to have a good education. Therefore, hearing impaired students should be mainstreamed early in age in public school system to start at the same time as others so the differences would not be so difficult in earlier school years.
Mainstreaming hearing impaired students earlier would help to avoid prejudice from traditional students and teachers. For example, a
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